ENG385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Egg, Liqueur, Vowel Shift
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In eoe, /g/ palatalized to /j/ near front vowels (although sometimes front vowels changed to other vowels); on borrowings retained /g/ near front vowels. In me, some on-influenced /g/-words from the north replace /j/-words: doublet, mentioned by caxton: eggys and eyren: eggys has on unpalatalized /g/ and the newer plural; eyren has oe palatalized /j/ and oe plural en. Changes that did not reflect sound changes: spelling changes between old and middle english, oe lufu /l (cid:448)u/ (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges to spelli(cid:374)g (cid:271)ut retai(cid:374)s / / sou(cid:374)d, french loanwords: /u/ could now be spelled as Long /u/: flur now spelled flour; short /u/ becomes flor.
